Jan-16-2018 03:13 PM
Jan-27-2018 09:58 AM
DrewE wrote:
If there's an appropriate chassis with one, it might happen. I don't think there's anything inherent in a boxer engine vs. a V or inline engine that would make it especially suitable or unsuitable for motor home duty. Small aircraft have used boxer engines for eons, and that's hardly light duty operation (cruising for hours on end at 75% power).
Jan-26-2018 06:29 AM
The issue is this is a pipe dream.
Jan-25-2018 10:06 PM
bagman wrote:
I find it absolutely amazing that no one here took the time to watch the video! In the video it describes how WWII German bombers airplanes could fly non stop from Germany to South America on one tank of fuel with these amazing engines. The Allied didn't have any bombers that could fly that far without refueling! If you did take 3-4 minutes to watch the video, then perhaps you would have found it as interesting as I did!
Jan-22-2018 10:49 PM
Chum lee wrote:
We're not talking about a Ford F150 with an small displacement Eco boost engine here. My take to the OP was to consider using a 2.7 liter boxer type engine in a much larger, heavier vehicle like a Ford E/F 450/53/550 hauling a Class A/C motor home at or close to maximum gross weight. An F150 is a half ton light duty pickup truck. Not the same thing at all. My compliments to Ford on getting a small displacement engine to work in the F150. I'm not holding my breath waiting to see when the engineers at Ford are going to drop one (eco boost) into a much heavier duty platform. That's a project for RCG's (recent college graduates) with stars in their eyes and no engineering experience.
Chum lee
Jan-22-2018 10:24 AM
valhalla360 wrote:Chum lee wrote:
Overcoming established corporate engineering group think can be difficult.
It goes something like this.
What market advantages will we gain by spending billions of dollars reconfiguring our currently highly successful existing platform with older technology? Does anyone have any extra budget dollars, personnel, or spare time they would like to spend on this? Keep in mind, your head will be on the chopping block, as well as your professional career/future if it doesn't show any promise and turns out to be a loser. Any takers? . . . . . No? Well then, get back to work and just keep doing what you're doing. (pretend this never happened)
Chum lee
What advantage? Seriously, an engine that doubles the MPG and puts out big HP would be a game changer. The manufacturer who came out with that would own the 1/2 ton pickup market for the life of the patents.
We do have an example of a company doing just this type of investment. Ford took that big risk with the eco-boost line of engines and it was for much smaller MPG improvements.
Of course, no one realistically things this engine will double the MPG while putting out big HP.
Jan-20-2018 11:16 PM
Chum lee wrote:
Overcoming established corporate engineering group think can be difficult.
It goes something like this.
What market advantages will we gain by spending billions of dollars reconfiguring our currently highly successful existing platform with older technology? Does anyone have any extra budget dollars, personnel, or spare time they would like to spend on this? Keep in mind, your head will be on the chopping block, as well as your professional career/future if it doesn't show any promise and turns out to be a loser. Any takers? . . . . . No? Well then, get back to work and just keep doing what you're doing. (pretend this never happened)
Chum lee
Jan-20-2018 11:13 PM
RCMAN46 wrote:ctilsie242 wrote:
When series hybrid vehicles become mainstream (basically electric cars with the IC engine acting as a generator), gas/diesel engines will definitely be taking a different tack for evolution, because they will need to run at a single RPM at all times, as opposed to worrying about power bands and torque/HP curves.
Nothing new here. The railroad industry has been doing this for close to 60 years.
Jan-19-2018 11:08 AM
ctilsie242 wrote:
When series hybrid vehicles become mainstream (basically electric cars with the IC engine acting as a generator), gas/diesel engines will definitely be taking a different tack for evolution, because they will need to run at a single RPM at all times, as opposed to worrying about power bands and torque/HP curves.
Jan-19-2018 11:00 AM
Jan-18-2018 09:45 AM
bagman wrote:
During WWII, German bombers would go 6,000 miles to Brazil with these motors and at that time, no other airplane could achieve that!
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